www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Blmhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/blm/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Blmen-usSat, 24 Jun 2017 03:01:00 -0400Kanarraville Falls: Best kept secret becomes nightmarehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/24/kanarraville-falls-best-kept-secret-becomes-nightm/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>KANARRAVILLE, Utah (AP) - For years, Kanarraville Falls was one of southern Utah's best-kept secrets. The hidden hike leading to a slot canyon waterfall was seemingly reserved for residents of the small town of Kanarraville.</p> <p>Over the span of a few years, the natural wonder turned into a big problem ...BREE BURKITTSat, 24 Jun 2017 03:01:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/24/kanarraville-falls-best-kept-secret-becomes-nightm/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAccelerated timetable proposed for Wyoming horse rounduphttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/20/accelerated-timetable-proposed-for-wyoming-horse-r/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) - A U.S. Bureau of Land Management official says he'd like to round up excess wild horses from an area southeast of Riverton later this year.</p> <p>The roundup had been planned next year but BLM Lander Field Office Manager Rick Vander Voet tells Fremont County commissioners the ...Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:05:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/20/accelerated-timetable-proposed-for-wyoming-horse-r/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBlack Lives Matter shuts down Toronto gay pride paradehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/4/black-lives-matter-shuts-down-toronto-gay-pride-pa/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A group of Black Lives Matter activists temporarily shut down Canada's largest gay pride parade on Sunday, when they stopped marching until the parade organizers agreed to their demands.</p> <p>BLM, which was invited to march in the gay-rights celebration as an honorary group, stopped two-thirds of the way down the ...Bradford RichardsonMon, 04 Jul 2016 04:49:40 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/4/black-lives-matter-shuts-down-toronto-gay-pride-pa/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHillary Clinton confronted by Black Lives Matter activists about crime bill comments from 1996http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/25/hillary-clinton-confronted-black-lives-matter-acti/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>She's held private meetings with Black Lives Matter activists, she rails against "systemic racism" and "white privilege," and she's made police brutality a focus of her campaign &mdash; but Hillary Clinton can't seem to win the votes of the BLM movement.</p> <p>The latest sign of discontent came Wednesday, when two ...Kelly RiddellThu, 25 Feb 2016 07:40:22 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/25/hillary-clinton-confronted-black-lives-matter-acti/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHorse backers seek dismissal of Nevada county suithttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/1/horse-backers-seek-dismissal-of-nevada-county-suit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> RENO, Nev. (AP) - Wild-horse advocates fighting government roundups across the West are citing past rulings that shot down their own legal challenges in urging a U.S. judge to throw out a lawsuit by livestock interests seeking the removal of thousands of more mustangs from the range.</p> <p> Although ...SCOTT SONNERSun, 01 Jun 2014 14:32:20 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/1/horse-backers-seek-dismissal-of-nevada-county-suit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBLM deal lets Nevada grazing continue, for nowhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/29/blm-deal-lets-nevada-grazing-continue-for-now/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> RENO, Nev. (AP) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has agreed to let ranchers continue grazing cattle and sheep on more than 300 square miles of northern Nevada rangeland as long as lingering drought conditions don't worsen.</p> <p> But some ranchers say they don't believe the temporary agreement ...SCOTT SONNERThu, 29 May 2014 18:10:44 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/29/blm-deal-lets-nevada-grazing-continue-for-now/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRancher rides across Nevada in protest of BLMhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/26/rancher-rides-across-nevada-in-protest-of-blm/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> CARLIN, Nev. (AP) - Elko County Commissioner Grant Gerber saddled up his horse before sunrise on Memorial Day and set out on a 70-mile trek across northern Nevada to protest livestock grazing reductions on federal land.</p> <p> Gerber and his son left from the county courthouse and traveled about ...Mon, 26 May 2014 17:38:59 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/26/rancher-rides-across-nevada-in-protest-of-blm/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSFed govt failed to inspect higher risk oil wellshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/12/fed-govt-failed-to-inspect-higher-risk-oil-wells/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say.</p> <p> The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the ...Mon, 12 May 2014 04:05:48 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/12/fed-govt-failed-to-inspect-higher-risk-oil-wells/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSFed govt failed to inspect higher risk oil wellshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/11/fed-govt-failed-to-inspect-higher-risk-oil-wells/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say.</p> <p> The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the ...HOPE YENSun, 11 May 2014 15:04:26 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/11/fed-govt-failed-to-inspect-higher-risk-oil-wells/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSFederal land worker threatened on Utah highwayhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/8/blm-worker-threatened-on-i-15-in-southern-utah/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is warning its workers in Utah to be on alert after two men threatened an agency wrangler on the state's main highway by pulling out a weapon and holding up a sign that read, "'You need to die."</p> ...BRADY McCOMBSThu, 08 May 2014 16:31:06 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/8/blm-worker-threatened-on-i-15-in-southern-utah/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBurke to direct land district in northern Arizonahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/8/burke-to-direct-land-district-in-northern-arizona/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> PHOENIX (AP) - The federal Bureau of Land Management has appointed a new manager for its district that encompasses northwestern Arizona north of the Grand Canyon.</p> <p> BLM State Director Ray Suazo says Timothy Burke starts his new job as director of the BLM's Arizona Strip District later this ...Thu, 08 May 2014 04:45:07 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/8/burke-to-direct-land-district-in-northern-arizona/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNevada wants wants more eyes on horse roundupshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/26/nevada-wants-wants-more-eyes-on-horse-roundups/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>RENO, Nev. &mdash; The head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Nevada is appealing to agency employees to blow the whistle on any abuse of mustangs.</p> <p>Amy Lueders said that's the best way to stop horse protection advocates from undermining the agency's roundup policies with video footage of ...Scott SonnerMon, 26 Dec 2011 19:09:12 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/26/nevada-wants-wants-more-eyes-on-horse-roundups/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBLM director takes new look at ethics rulinghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/24/blm-director-takes-new-look-at-ethics-ruling/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The head of the federal Bureau of Land Management wants investigators to reopen an inquiry into the case of a former regulator accused by a watchdog group of taking a "stroll through the revolving door" between government and the oil and gas industry.</p> <p>The recent request by BLM Director Bob ...Jim McElhattonSun, 24 Oct 2010 18:17:18 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/24/blm-director-takes-new-look-at-ethics-ruling/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSEx-regulator's new job queriedhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/17/ex-regulators-new-job-queried/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Steve Henke, then a director of one of the largest field offices for the federal Bureau of Land Management, was applying for a job last year heading an oil and gas trade group when he sent a writing sample to his prospective employer from his government computer.</p> <p>Mr. Henke wrote ...Jim McElhattonSun, 17 Oct 2010 19:53:11 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/17/ex-regulators-new-job-queried/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS